SyndicatedFractional PRE SalesBuffalo, New York, United States
Full-time PRE Sales, Fortinet
FULL-TIME PRE SA JOB · BUFFALO, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

Full-time PRE Sales at Fortinet, based in Buffalo. Full posting below, with the day rate stated or estimated with its basis.
Full-time PRE Sales — the posting in full
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What the posting asks · quoted from the listing
- Years
1-3 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
- Years
3-5 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with multiple Regional
Account Managers within the regional territory. The Systems Engineer's main
mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters
regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.
Responsibilities:
- Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
- Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer or
- educate the customer and partner on issues ranging from features, specifications
- and functionality to integration.
- Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
- Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for
- technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and
- engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.
- Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.
- Required Skills:
- 1-3 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems
- engineer
- 3-5 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
- Proven understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
- Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN,
- Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
- Solid understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI,
- IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES
- Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
- Exceptional presentation skills
- Education:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable
Why Join Us
- This is an opportunity to operate at the intersection of cybersecurity strategy,
- executive engagement, and customer success, influencing large-scale enterprise
organizations as they modernize operations and adopt cutting-edge solutions. If
you excel at combining technical depth with executive presence, this role will
allow you to shape customer outcomes while growing your career in a dynamic
security landscape.
Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental,
vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time,
and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program. Wage ranges are based on
various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target
earnings for this position is expected to be $200,000 - 240,000 per year. Exact
salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject
knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. All
roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, and this
position is also eligible for commissions based on the terms of the Sales
Compensation Plan.
Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its
mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s
largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose
Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security
Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the
entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications,
and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1
in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers
trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training
Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA),
provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to
make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.
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